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Posted by Bob Z
on 10/28/2009, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Re: British battleship preservation"
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Wow, thanks for the tip, Paul. I guess the Dutch have been trying something along the same lines (outside of the Steel Navy era), but unfortunately their replicas are flammable.
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: Yes, the MIKASA is in great shape, and is a
: wonderful museum. But the Chinese have so
: much money that they have built a full scale
: replica of one of their battlehips, the CHEN
: YUAN.
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: The British saved none of their battleships,
: but of course, the Japanese saved one. . .
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: HMS Warrior, magnificently restored and
: still
: afloat in Portsmouth is British and,
: according to Oscar Parkes, a battleship. Of
: course, she was called a frigate when new...
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: The British saved NO battleships. But if
: the
: Iowa was scrapped, we'd still have
: MISSOURI,NEW JERSEY,WISCONSIN,NORTH
: CAROLINA, ALABAMA, MASSACHUSETTS,and TEXAS.
: Do we really need to keep all four of the
: IOWA's as museum ships?
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: the UK for scrapping Vanguard, if the Iowa
: is
: scrapped! Heritage of this value should be
: retained.
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: Does this mean the "Iowa" is to be
: scrapped?
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: David K. Haynes
: October 23, 2009
: 11:36 a.m. CDT
: DHaynes101@aol.com
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